Sanitary dispensing apparatus.



F. YOUNGER.

SANITARY DiSPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLlcATloN rlLmJuNE 18, |911.

Pateted Feb. 25 1919.

F. YOUNGER.

SANITARY DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE-I8. 1917.

Patented Feb-25,1919.,

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SANHARY DlsPENslN APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FlLED. JUNEIB, 19H.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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attenua sex FRANK YOUNGER, OF WALLACE, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY DISPENSIN G- APPARATUS.

Sp'ecication of Letters Patent.

PatentedFeb. 25, 1919.

Application led J' une 18, 1917. Serial Noi 175,438.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK YOUNGER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, but a `afleclarant citizen of the United States, rep `siding at Wallace, in the county of Calaveras and State of California, have invented certain new andi useful Improvementsin Sanitary Dispensing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in dispensing apparatus and has for its object to provide a sanitary device for holding and delivering a relatively small quantity of the contents of a receptacle, without subjecting said contents tc contamination by exposure or such as would be incident to the removal of the contents by spoons or similar utensils.

While the invention is capable of other uses, it is specifically designed for use in restaurants, lunch rooms, or similar places for the purpose of dispensing sugar and it comprises a receptacle for holding a quantity of the sugar and a manually operable plunger valve which upon depression will allow a small quantity of the sugar to pass from the receptacle into a cup or other container upon which the device may be placed.

By reason of its peculiar construction the contents of the apparatus are not handled by direct contact either in the lling or dis-l pensing thereof and when it is desired to cleanse the device it is easily separated for this purpose.

With the above and other objects in view,

this invention consists in the construction,

' combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying draw. ings, wherein: v Figure 1v is a side elevation of the invention, a portion being broken away-to show the valve in deliveryposition;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the /cs'line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

desired material, butjpreferably of glass.

Itis suitably supported by a base section 2 to which it is connected by means of an intermediate sleeve 3,-theupper end of the latter being flared outwardly to form a seat for the receptacle and having a series of openings 3 adjacent to a'groove spun in the sleeve, designated 4. The material of the receptacle is formed with certain protuberances 5 which are introduced into the openings 3 4and upon rotation of the bowl these protuberances will engage with the roove aforesaid, thus providing a separable interlocking connection. At the lower end the sleeve is crimped onto the upper eX- tremity of the base section.

Arranged in the base section is a somewhat funnel-shaped .passage 6 which as shown in Fig. 3 is attached to the upper end of the base section. Across its upper end is a guide bridge 7 through which the lower end portion of the plunger 8 extends. The passage 6 is constricted at an intermediate point, as indicated at 9 foruthe purpose of forming a valve seat. At the discharge or lower end, the cient material is provided to extend over the area of the base section. i"

At its lower end, the plunger 8 is rovided with a .valve 10 which is detacha ly conpassage is flared and suf-A nected thereto and a spring 11 is coiled about an enlarged portion of the plunger, seating against the bridge 7, said spring holding the valve normally seated and reventing the contents of the receptacle rom escaping. The tension of this spring is suliicient to withstand the weight of the contents resting thereagainst 4and to return it to seated position in the use of the-device. The plunger extends throughY an opening 12 in the top of the receptacle which is preferably provided Vwith a-seat 13 to receive' the flat extremity of the plunger headli when the latter is depressed the full limit of its movement. The head 14 is provided with a longitudinal passage 15 opening laterally to accommodate a projection 17 on the'plunger, which projec' tion is turned to engage the offset 16 to there.- by lockthe head on the plunger.

This opening through the top of the receptacle is effectively closed by the plate 18 integrally formed on the plunger so that no foreign matter, .such 'as dust, may iind access into the receptacle and owing to the fact inwardly and thewvalve unseated, where! upon the sugar orr otherl commoditymay be poured from original packages through 4the funnel-shapedpassage 6 into the bowl.

. Again righting the position of the device will automatically eect closing of thevalva and prevent escape ofthe said contents. To j dispense the sugar, the apparatus is .lifted up and placed on the receptacleor over the sameas shown in Fig. l3 and by depressing the plunger the ldesired distance a small through the discharge opening. ASince the y' plunger operates 'in the passagedrom the Sugar cannot become lodged therein.

receptacle to the discharge opening, the

of the main advantages of suia device vis theziact that waste of thel contents isy preciudad.-

Tqciearise, the ,head 14 is kdetached and thebowl given a partial turn enabling its displacement from the base section. A thor-i Iou h ly sanitary apparatus is thusprovided. i l aving thus described my invention, what is claimed "as new isz-1- 1. In vdispensing apparatus of the class described, a base section having-a discharge outlet, a receptacle having an open bottom disposed on said base section, and a plunger having its head projecting at one end from the top portion of the receptacle and having a valve at its other end normally closing the discharge loutlet,vsaid plunger head being subject to movement into the receptacle incident to disposing the apparatus in in.

verted position on its upper end so as to lie flush with the top of the receptacle and persage,v therein spaced from its walls and conf stituting a filling and discharging passage, and a plunger valve closing said passage and depressible to deliver a quantity of the contents of the receptacle. l'

" 3. In dispensingapparatus of the class described, a receptacle having an open bottom,

a base section having a funnel-shaped passage vtherein'separate from its walls and constituting la filling and discharge passageand provided with a valve seat, a plun er having a valve coacting with said seat, said plunger having a manipulatin head movableyinto the receptacle and etachabl connected diate the receptacle and the base-section.

4. In dispensing apparatuso1 the @class thereto, and a connecting mem er intermequantity of the sugar will be allowed to pass Y therethrough, said passage having an inter l mediate constricted portion forming a valve seat, and means for controlling the passage of the contents of the receptacle through said passage comprisinga plunger having a valve coacting withl the said seat, said plunger having ahead piece projecting fiom the receptacle and movable into the depi1 ssi'on aforesaid, and means for holding Pt 1e valve in seated position. 1

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK YOUNGER. 

